Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-23

ish team and distribute. Will you
like it, wife ? thought it would be
to you to have change OF
work"
81 don't know" she replied, du-
biously; as they alighted before a very
untidy door, which was opened to
them by g. half-clad, old looking child
of five years.
"Where's your mother, little girl ?"
asked Mr.. Drew, selecting q basket
from Pats wagon and going IN.
SIN there. Shes SICK"
It was dark little bed room, open
ing from the comfortless kitchen, in
which lay the woman, chained with
rheumatism, whose husband, often
intoxicated, scarcely provided his
family with enough to sustain life.
'sI concluded cooked provisions
were best for this Market" said Mr..
Drew, opening the basket and produc-
ing cold meat, butter, and pies, of
which both the mother and the child
ate with eager hunger.
s'They must have fire and nursing,
and other comforts than this" ex-
claimed Mrs. Drew, when her husband
perhaps we can send some one
here to help from the places at which
we CALL" he said, "but you will find
worse misery than this which we must
leave with only touch of help"
They did find sin and sorrow, sick
ness and bereavement, anguish of
body and of spirit, all made harder
yet to bear by the absence of what
are called the comforts of life. There
is not space, nor is it needful, to give
the narrowing details OF sin and pow
erty. The reader who will go with
baskets as Mr.. and Mrs. Drew went,
may see for himself.
sit has tired you more instead of
resting you," said the good husband,
in response to his wife's silence as
they rode home. ST might have
known better than have let you see
SO much suffering"
at was we'll to take me, William"
she replied. 'I'm reconciled.
What's the loss of little money, and
part of q years crops, and why
shouldn't we have our share OF sick
ness and accidents ? We've so much
for which to be thankful"
each other, for instance"
eyes, William" with g. fond glance
from the beautiful eyes, ''and the
children safe through the measles,
and all well now excepting poor dear
Philips wrist, which fortunately is
the left one, and not so bad after all.
We ought to be thankful that fall did
not break his neck or his back. And
I'm glad Joseph's folks are coming; it
always brightens US up, and our chill
dren are going there to Christmas.
But what are you stopping at Widow
Hands for, we're full late now ?"
"Well, I engaged Rebecca Hand to
work for you till after Thanksgiving,
and ] want to tell her to be ali ready
to get in with Pat when he comes
by"
"But, William, Rebecca is g. real
smart girl and gets high wages; we
can't afford to pay it,
''Then if you must know all the
truth, Joseph wrote me to secure her
for them and let her help you till she
goes home with them. You know it
means he will pay all the wages in
spite of anything I do to the con-
trary."
"There's a doctor here, one Uncle
Joseph has sent out to see Phil's
wrist" reported Nell, coming out to
meet her parents. "He stopped for
our doctor and they came together in
a coach with g. black driver in white
gloves, and they have undone the
bandages and got off all thesplints-"
Mrs. Drew heard no more; rushing
in with white face, and gathering
Philip into her own loving arms.
YOU'RE not going to tell me it is set
wrong. and put the child to new tor
lures % she cried, forgetting the hos
tess in the mother, and defantly
facing the city physician, who knew
mothers well, and smiled as he re.
piled, "You have great cause for
thankfulness. 1t might have been
badly treated, and needed resetting;
but your good doctor has it right in
essentials, and it is only getting stiff
for lack OF use. You have but to
throw away the splints which have
done their work, rub the whole limb
frequently with this liniment, and en-
courage the child to use it, and his
wrist will, in few weeks or months,
be quite WE'LL"
"What an upgrateful sinner I have
been, William Won't we have a
Thanksgiving when Joseph's folks
come ~ was the mothers irrelevant
reply to the doctors good news.
MADAM" said he, 81 notice re-
markable fact in my practice; folks
whose bones have been broken are
the only ones thankful for their
whole bones. Now, little mother
he spoke to Nell-''if you will hand
me that work basket, L will give you
just the needle with which you are to
fasten this bandage, which, mind you,
will only be needed a few days long
err"
Observant little Nell wondered that
the doctor went to the window to Sc
lect q needle for so simple a use.
That however, was explained the
next day, when Mrs. Drew found q
fve-hundred dollar United States
bond carefully pinned to q leaf of her
needle book; but faithful research
failed to reveal whether the doctor
thus left q liberal fee given him by the
uncle or was sinnlv the baarar Of the